The South East Region of the North Dakota Highway Patrol will be saturating Cass County and Stutsman County during the evening and overnight hours July 8 through 14, according to a release from the Highway Patrol.

Extra troopers will patrol both areas in an effort to deter and arrest impaired drivers.

Sixty-Seven people have died in traffic crashes on North Dakota roadways in 2013. Twenty-five people have died in alcohol-related crashes.

The primary purpose of this saturation event is to deter drinking and driving, the release said.